New garage

[JimS123]

not all cars.
A 20' deep garage does not have 20' of interior space.
And if its 2x6 construction, you have about 18'9" inside the door.
So, my current Chevy van would not fit, and my second car, a 1978 Mark V wouldn't either.

Yup, its always less than the specified dimension. Figure the loss to be double the thickness of the walls.

My old 20 footer was 19'5" long. It didn't have drywall, so that's why it wasn't an inch shorter. I never saw a garage made with twobysixes. Where I live we usually go that route only on the house to get more insulation.

My wife's old Chevyvan was 16.78 feet long. Her current Chevy Traverse is 16.98' In the past we had a massive Chevy Suburban that was 18.70 feet long.

In the old days we had a Pontiac Catalina 4-door. I don't have the specs on that old land yacht, but i remember it had only an inch or 2 left in the old 20' garage. But it did fit.

I'm not a Ford guy so I don't know what Lincolns measure.

 

[82rude]

I wish I could take pictures of a garage in town but he doesn't allow that but there a guy in town that lives on a large hill and has a normal garage attached to the house.Not seen is the side or back of the property that has a large garage built into the side if the hill underground and houses some very nice classics (several)

 

[82rude]

I wish I could take pictures of a garage in town but he doesn't allow that but there a guy in town that lives on a large hill and has a normal garage attached to the house.Not seen is the side or back of the property that has a large garage built into the side if the hill underground and houses some very nice classics (several)

Sometimes it pays to have coin.

 

[roscoe]

when I bought my house, it came with a 36 x 28 deep garage, heated, insulated, and yes - 2x6 walls, perfect for an 18-20' boat.

Made me wish I could have the old mark V back that I sold in '90, it was 19'3" long.

 

[Bigskyboat]

Not sure what my max height can be. Will find out tomorrow. If I go 24 wide I will have room to park my camper next to the shop on the property line. I would like to have a shop big enough to park the camper too, but that would be to big for my lot. If I go 22 long I will just have room for my boat and some room to spare for the car, while leaving us a small backyard that we do enjoy.

 

[Redfred1]

Exterior walls made with 2X6s is common; especially on the Gulf or bays down here. Some builders would put straps into the slab (like for a mobile home); then nail them to the studs, The same with the second floor. Also every exterior wall had to be covered with plywood both sides.They tried other things none of them worked. Ask anyone that went through "IKE".

 

[LarryNoel]

Or, after its completed, cut a hole in the back, and put on an addition, just big enough for the outdrive to stick through.
Disguise it as a dog house, a firewood storage bin, or a deck storage box from the outside.

I like this idea, purely ingenious.
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The bigger the better, and go deeper. - My wife

 

[444]

It sounds like this is a parking garage, not a workshop? If that's the case my main focus would be length. You don't want the boat to just squeeze in. If you do that you end up having to move it in by hand so you don't touch the back wall.

 

[dingbat]

The boat bay in the equipment shed is 10’ x 24’ with a 10’ tall opening, 12’ to ceiling inside.

Backing the boat in I have roughly 9” of clearance on each side. I can’t squeeze between the wall the boat on the starboard side.

i have what is officially a 22’-6” boat. If I back the boat in until the engine cowling touches the back of the shed, the bow still sticks out roughly 18”. The coupler is still a good 6’ out the “door”.

Even though the opening is 10’ tall, I have less than two inches of clearance between the cross beam and the top of the boat. Had to design and install a special fold down mount for the radar dome to get the boat in the shed.

You say, “but I only have a 19’ boat!”...so did I when the garage was built..

 

[Lightwin 3]

What a bummer!!. If you can't go out past 24'; could you go front to back? (Less grass to cut). Lighting; shelves; outlets should be a must!. Floor too! Please keep us updated.

My neighborhood has all three car garages. The problem is, many of them are too short. Length is your friend,not so much width.

I have to laugh when I drive through my neighborhood on weekends and see garage doors up. $80K of cars parked outside and $500.00 of pure crap packed to the rafters inside. Possibly including a $500.00 boat. That's what $25.00 Harbor Freight tarps are for.

Almost all these homes, like mine, have 9' RV gates on the sides of the garages and no restrictions on backyard sheds, as long as they do not exceed the block wall fence height of 7'. C'mon people, put your crap in there!